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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1952

16 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Hotel Licensee Shot Dead Wife Wounded in Neck

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 3

At 10.45 on Saturday night, the licensee of the Grand Hotel, Goulburn, Norman Frederick Batley, 49, was found shot dead in his bedroom…

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Community Hotel Liquor License Not So Easy to Obtain

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 2

Frequently we have been told that there would not be the slightest difficulty in obtaining a liquor license for the proposed community pub at…

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£151 TAKEN From Captain’s Flat Hotel Man Committed For Trial

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 3

At Wednesday’s Court of Petty Sessions in Queanbeyan, before Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., Stewart James Steele was charged that on or about December…

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Fire at Hotel

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 3

Early on Saturday morning a fire in the parlour of Carlton Hotel, Goulburn caused considerable damage. Two guests noticed thick smoke in their…

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Too Much Beer! Embarrassing Adelaide Publicans

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

Adelaide hotels have too much beer! Three weeks ago publicans had a sudden increase of 20 per cent, in bottled quotas. Last week some publicans…

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Fire In HOTEL

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 May 1952 · page 2

Shortly after one o’clock yesterday afternoon the fire siren sounded an alarm. It was discovered that the outbreak had occured in the office…

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What a Publican Should Have

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 2

Here's a wee bit for our town publicans which we read the other day: Regarded as one of the best publicans in the South, a Yass man told his…

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Echo of Captain’s Flat Hotel Robbery Another Man Charged

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 2

At Queanbeyan Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday, before Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., John Thomas McKenzie was charged with…

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Hotel Improvements “Royal” To Be Enlarged

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 August 1952 · page 2

At the last Licensing Court, Mr. H .J. Richardson, owner, made application for permission to make improvements to the Royal Hotel…

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Licensing Court

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 2

At the Queanbeyan Licensing Court on Wednesday H. J. Richardson applied for the transfer of the license of the Royal Hotel to John…

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Good Choice in Vic. Hotels

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 2

Counter lunches are now the rule rather than the exception in Melbourne hotels. The service, from a humble…

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Kosciusko Hotel

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 4

A decision to call applications for the construction and management of a new hotel at Mr. Kosciusko has been made by the Kosciusko State…

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Potato Licensing Fee Increased

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) announces that Parliament recently passed an amendment to the Potato Growers’…

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Potato Licensing Fee Increased

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) announced that Parament recently passed an amendment to the Potato Growers'…

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License to be Given Away

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 4

The license of the Hillston Royal Mail Hotel has been offered as a gift to Carrathool Shire Council for use as a community hotel, provided it binds…

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Local and General Community Hotel

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 2

At last Shire meeting Cr. Nolan said he bad heard it rumoured that there was to be a referendum held in the Shire on the question of a community…

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